ST. JOSEPH — St. Joseph City Council approved Monday fining a bar and restaurant for selling liquor to an underage buyer in December.

The city is fining St. Joseph American Legion Post 328 $1,000 for a Dec. 13 incident in which an employee served alcohol to an underage buyer working with the police department while it was conducting alcohol compliance checks.

The Legion agreed to pay the $1,000 civil penalty for the ordinance violation within 30 days.

The violation is the second alcohol compliance violation for the Legion in the past 24 months, according to agenda documents.

The city ordinance states the council "may either revoke or suspend for a period not to exceed (60) days, any liquor license and/or assess a civil monetary fine of not more than ($1,000) upon finding that the licensee has failed to comply with any applicable statute, regulation, or ordinance relating to intoxicating liquor."